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Bloggerific - Saturday, October 17, 2009Current Mood: Pretty good  \Current Location: home, sweet home. What I'm Doing Now: petting a cat. a gray one. It's been, like, forever since I published a proper blog post. I've been doing lots and lots of Twittering, though, and I think I finally found a good RSS-to-Email service that will integrate my Twitterings with my regular blog. So this site will be updated a lot more in the near future. Some actual updates regarding my life: Art: I had another art show. I was so caught up with getting everything ready, I forgot to mention it here! The show went well. I sold two out of three pieces. They were floating cityscapes digitally printed on canvas. My first time printing on canvas went pretty well. Our printer's automatic cutter doesn't handle cutting through canvas very well, though. So we manually cut it. Oh well. It got the job done. School: I'm finishing up my last semester of community college before going back to KCAI. It's such a relief to be getting a degree. Because next spring, I'll be an art student again. FINALLY!! Graphic design, here I come!! I'm thinking about getting a "multimedia management" master's degree after I get my BFA in graphic design. (I wanna be an art director/business owner/superhero) I might go to New York for that. I love NYC so much... It's got an energy that I can't find anywhere else. Toys: I regressed to my childhood and bought a couple of Tamagotchi+Color devices from Japan. They're really a lot of fun. I feel like a kid again. Haha. They're fun little time-wasters. I love 'em. Food: I've been cooking a lot lately. Mostly soup. I made a really awesome vegan "clam" chowder out of oyster mushrooms. It's awesome. I also made a chick'n & rice soup for my sister (who was sick last week). She loved it. That kind of thing makes me really happy. Work: I've been doing random freelancing projects for random people. It's a lot of fun. I'm currently working on a new website design for a fairly popular vegetarian blog hub. Man, I love what I do! That's the most exciting stuff that's been going on lately. I hope that'll hold you over until some new stuff comes along. From the mind of Erika at 6:36 PM. Experience @ AMC Downtown - Sunday, May 3, 2009Current Mood: meh.  Current Location: home What I'm Doing Now: watching Mythbusters I went to the new AMC theater downtown tonight, and it's AMAZING! There's a condiment bar. With fun syrup for the soft drinks! And a flavor station just for popcorn! And the bathrooms... wow. Everyone should pee in a bathroom like that. Each stall has its own sink!! Anyway... I went with a couple of friends to see the Wolverine movie. Tickets were easy to buy, and we chose our seats... We sat down, settled in, and waited for the previews to end. ...Then a man sat down next to me. He is the moviegoer from hell; a mouth-breathing, sandwich-eating guy with no regard for his fellow patrons. He smelled like bologna, alcohol, and B.O. He laughed absurdly loudly at every joke on the screen, and yelled back to the characters as if they could hear him. ...And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, he stole my damn cupholder as soon as I picked up my drink. And his cell phone eventually went off in the middle of the movie. For quite awhile. And he answered it. Loudly. I was thoroughly pissed at this guy. ...But I continued to watch the movie without going off on this guy. After awhile, the guy fell asleep. Yes, he finally shut up. Or so I thought... He started to snore. He snored, and pissed me off more, and eventually woke himself up. He then began to pick his nose. Ugh. I thought people like this only existed in fiction... But apparently, they all got the idea from this guy. ...And for the record, my overall experience at AMC was wonderful. And the Wolverine movie was great. It's just that one guy next to me... *sigh*... He was horrible beyond belief. But he was the only bad experience I had tonight at the AMC. I can't wait to go back. But I hope I never see that guy again. From the mind of Erika at 1:13 AM. What I've Been Up To... - Monday, March 9, 2009Current Mood: caffeinated!!  Current Location: work What I'm Doing Now: playing with Twitter; doing actual work too. It's been awhile since I've done a proper blog post. So, here it is! Last time, I mentioned reluctantly getting the white G1 (because the bronze one I really wanted was out of stock). I was watching T-Mobile.com like a hawk to see when they got the bronze phone back in stock. Well, the first day they got it in, I rushed to the nearest T-Mo location and traded my white one in for the beautiful bronze one!! It was well within my 14-day return period, so I got the phone I really wanted with a $10 restocking fee. It was worth it. I love this phone. I don't care if it makes me Google's bitch. I like it. You're just jealous because you don't share the same relationship I do with Google. So there. :-p I've been so intrigued by Android's OS that I've been wanting to learn Java so I can make my own apps for it. Since I know NOTHING about Java programming (or programming in general), I'm using an awesome program for beginners called Greenfoot. It's kinda like a WYSIWYG editor for Java. It's easy, fun, and object-oriented. Just what I need. Hopefully, in a short while, I'll have learned enough to do a basic little app that I can show to all my friends. Other news: I've got an art auction coming up pretty soon.  If you're in the Kansas City area, stop on by! More randomness: I'm now on Twitter! I've put my most recent tweets over there on that sidebar over there: <-- If you want to follow me, click the "follow me" link over there by my tweets. It's that simple! (Wow!) That's about it for now. See ya later! From the mind of Erika at 4:31 PM. G1 and FU - Friday, January 23, 2009Current Mood: good. Current Location: home What I'm Doing Now: doing some research on Android's Cupcake update Well, I did it! I joined the Freelancers Union! I love being a part of a group like that. And, with the near-death of my Sidekick 3 (pieces were falling off, the trackball stopped working, the call quality declined...), I went out and got the G1! (also known as the "Google Phone") I love it!!! ...I got the white one, although I wanted the bronze. No one in town has the bronze one for sale. ...But if I can somehow find it before my 14-day return period is over, I can swap it with my white one for no charge! My Freelancers Union membership also made me eligible for a discount on my monthly bill with T-Mobile! I'm saving money by being a part of an awesome group! It's win-win!! From the mind of Erika at 12:26 PM. Updates and Such... - Monday, January 19, 2009Current Mood: hungry  Current Song: Coldplay - "Lost!" Current Location: home What I'm Doing Now: should be homework... Just a few updates... I designed a few shirts and whatnot about two weeks ago... You should check 'em out. And tell your friends! I've been doing lots of creative things since my last post. I've got shirts on the website now, and I've also got a few clients. I'm pretty busy, but I'm loving every minute of it! I'm also seriously considering joining the Freelancers Union. They've got some cool benefits, and it makes me genuinely happy to think that I could be a part of a pretty awesome group. ...Going in a totally different direction... I've been embracing my 21-ness by trying a few drinks here and there. My favorite drink right now is the Fruit Loop. Blue Curacao and milk (my vegan, non-dairy milk of choice is vanilla almond milk). Simple. Yummy. Best drink of the past two weeks. ...And that's about it for now. Happy MLK day! From the mind of Erika at 7:19 PM. |